Does place of residence have a personal characteristic similar to the enumerated s.15 grounds?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bailey v. Rivers, 1995 CanLII 7300 (ON SC):
There may be cases where place of residence may be a personal characteristic analogous to the enumerated s. 15 grounds: Haig v. Canada (1993), 1993 CanLII 58 (SCC), 16 C.R.R. (2d) 193 at pp. 224-25, [1993], 2 S.C.R. 995, 156 N.R. 81, 105 D.L.R. (4th) 577 at p. 610, per L’Heureux-Dubé J.
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